Radiology Terms and Positioning

Question 1

Anatomical Position

Answer 1

Erect, facing forward, feet together, arms at side with palms forward

Question 2

plane

Answer 2

a flat surface passed through the body or a portion of the body

Question 3

types of planes

Answer 3

longitudinal and horizontal

Question 4

two types of longitudinal planes

Answer 4

coronal, sagittal

Question 5

a type of horizontal plane

Answer 5

transverse

Question 6

plane that separates the body into front and back

Answer 6

coronal

Question 7

plane that separates the body into left and right

Answer 7

sagittal

Question 8

plane that separates the body into a top and bottom half

Answer 8

transverse

Question 9

towards the head

Answer 9

cranial, cephalic

Question 10

towards the feet

Answer 10

caudal

Question 11

moving away from the midline

Answer 11

medial

Question 12

moving towards the midline

Answer 12

lateral

Question 13

decreasing the angle between two parts (bending a limb)

Answer 13

flexion

Question 14

increasing the angle between two parts (straightening a limb)

Answer 14

extension

Question 15

turning a body part inward

Answer 15

inversion

Question 16

turning a body part outward

Answer 16

eversion

Question 17

turning palm down

Answer 17

pronation

Question 18

turning palm up

Answer 18

supination

Question 19

upright

Answer 19

erect

Question 20

lying down on your back

Answer 20

supine

Question 21

lying face down

Answer 21

prone

Question 22

lying down on the side

Answer 22

lateral recumbent

Question 23

when the body is rotated at an angle, may be erect or recumbent

Answer 23

oblique

Question 24

the path the beam takes through the body

Answer 24

projection